CARDINALS, RED SOX SET FOR WORLD SERIES DUEL

BOSTON: The resurgent Red Sox will try to cap a worst-to-first season with a World Series win over talent-laden St. Louis in a battle of baseball’s best teams that starts Wednesday. The 109th World Series, which opens at Boston’s Fenway Park, is one for the purists. For the first time since 1999, the teams with the most wins in the American League and National League have made it through the playoffs to Major League Baseball’s Fall Classic. Both Boston and St. Louis posted 97 regular-season victories and both led their leagues in runs scored.